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Analysis and Design of Business Information Systems (2nd Edition)

Merle P. Martin

Prentice Hall

August 1994

Hardcover, 816 pages

ISBN: 0023767413


Description

Appropriate for systems analysis and design courses found at the junior/senior undergraduate level or at the MBA graduate level.

Covers the full range of topics germane to the design and analysis of business information systems, including C.A.S.E. (Computer Aided Software Engineering) techniques. Using a modular, step–by–step format, this text combines a strong foundation in underlying theory and concepts with coverage of both traditional and structural approaches to analysis and design problems. This gives students solid, practical experience with today‘s business systems.



Features


Features

  • a comprehensive chapter on C.A.S.E. examines the present and future status of automated design tools and their applications for business.
  • a master case study, presented in the appendixes, relates theory to practice and helps students apply what they‘ve learned to solving genuine MIS problems in the context of realistic business environments.
  • a section on the human factor in systems analysis and design emphasizes new directions for careers in the field, as well as current research.
  • a chapter on prototyping fully investigates this design tool, offering students practical consideration of its advantages and disadvantages for specific applications.
  • now offers a total quality management (TQM) orientation—the first system textbook to do so.
  • features 23 case studies to give instructors more choices for student assignments.
  • a new chapter on object–oriented development helps orient students towards the future.
  • the first system text to offer a chapter on process design/reengineering.
  • a greater emphasis on the structural development approach, including C.A.S.E. and prototyping.

 

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